- 
: ~@ccalional cones < dilate 3 ia that this tate i is mottly 
tion. 
. whole duration 
yweeks.”’ Ibid. 
up aconftant irritation in the fyftem. Dr. Gregory, the 
prefent profeflor of medicine at Edinburgh, feems to be 
jaftified, therefore, i in afcribing heétic in general to fome great 
local irritation. So farfrom a “ vitiated purulency’’ bein 
the chief, caufe of heétic, according to Dr. Cullen’s hypo- 
— we have the ts et of Dr. Heberden ~ Be a! 
it alsacs to a kindly Vaspablation: into which all Ae “Gifeafed 
melt ed seis and for which there is a proper 
Heética infantilit, H. ison EH. a calculis, H. aa 
. cachedarum, vermi. inofay H. noffalgica, all arife in- 
dependently of any fuppuration in the body, and feem to 
pend either upen fome extraordina ,» corporeal 
ld 
ee occafioned by fatigue, end fatting, anxiety, or lofs 
1 
eep, and fometimes as a 
fs vers Lats Wi 
eparts on the Difeafes of 
“ A fpecies of parry 2’ he obferves 
in another place, “* occurs in infants and children from con- 
ftitutional circumftances, without any apparent local affec- 
It is attended with a very quick pee with heat and 
ser 3 during the paroxyfm; and throughout with an 
extre: of irritability. and Sulu: a 
with lof of appetite, fometimes with a craving for ft 
food ; and an equal irregularity =fpeting the ftate of he 
bowels. Thefe fymptoms continue for a len ngth of time, 
and occafion a ee with lofs of ody Sat 5 they ufually 
precede a confid erable increafe of ftature ( Reports,’ 
5 ain in the nbs, often with paingal fwelings in 
and great maciation. 
the patients recover in ten 
1) 
setting ae 
extreme degree of debility. and emaciation ; and the 
"the complaint i is from five 
Pref. 
For an account of the he@tica flr or that form of the 
‘ under fuch circumitances, can only be effecte 
he’ ne c oe sini airl by rende 
‘to twelve | 
HECTIC FEVER. 
the fin cold, pee — rigid ; 
hot ; 
ES is rin, “es ada ly aiary until the pain in the 
e of five or fix months, finks under them _ (Hoff. 
treatment can be expect 
moval of the primary difeafe. Therefore to deicribe the 
method of cure for he€tic, wou!d be to give a general detai 
des of treating confumption, tabes mefenterica, 
{crofula, and other difeafes, in) which a flow 
or ulceration is going « yn. 
fo far as relate to the alleviation of the: febrile fymptoms. of 
heat, pati languor, fweating, diarrhe ” &c. are to mi 
w every ftimulus, vera may add to the morbid irr 
without much mufc 
carried to ied, efpecially pulls: tule. and ing 
may in many cafés be employed with advantage. (See 
Exercise.) The oppofite irritations of cold and heat fhould 
_ be carefully obviated ; the former being guarded againft by 
ring warm clothing, a-war 
m apartment, and avo oiding ry wih 
to the immediate influence of cold air ; 3 and the latter, w 
tie of his apartment. 
- The fufceptibility to the impreflion of cpm 
t_ principally to ‘be diminifhed by me edicines of me nar 
Pate Fach as opium, the ce of poppy, ©o Mi 
It is Pee )§ 
to. the: fee 
pease hyofcyamus (henbane), &c. 
operation in this manner, by pinog Tee ne 
t 
of circulation, fecretion, 
ifs fufeeptible of excitement, that. the 
pecially has contributed fo extentively ; 
cure. of ee andular ulcera 
ne 
ength ‘is sy sient more 
